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Contact us

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About Bar Mutual

Bar Mutual provides professional indemnity insurance to self-employed barristers in England & Wales and BSB-authorised or licensed entities.  All self-employed barristers are required by…

Insurance cover

Insurance cover

Bar Mutual provides cover for: Civil liabilities arising from the Insured Practice of its Members Defending applications for Wasted Costs Orders Defending complaints made to, or raised by,…

How to apply

Process Applying to join Bar Mutual is a quick and simple process.  Barristers starting self-employed practice can submit their application for insurance with Bar Mutual by clicking on the…

Professional indemnity insurance

Professional indemnity insurance

Professional indemnity insurance Bar Mutual provides professional indemnity insurance to self-employed barristers in England & Wales.  14,000 Members 1988 …

How to notify

Notify us of a potential or actual claim Bar Mutual’s dedicated claims handling team are here to assist when you have a situation which you consider could lead to a professional indemnity claim…

Special circumstances

Bar Mutual should be told about the death of any practising or retired self-employed barrister as soon as practicable. There is no charge for six years' run-off cover at the limit pertaining at the…

Terms of cover

As well as insuring self-employed barristers, entities, Registered European Lawyers and Foreign Lawyers, Bar Mutual’s Terms of Cover extends cover to clerks and pupils. Bar Mutual provides…

Premiums, rates and limits of cover

Premiums and Rates Members pay premiums based upon the type of work they undertake, their fee income and their limit of cover. A Member’s claims history is not taken into account. Each year,…

Who is insured?

All self-employed barristers in England and Wales must purchase their primary layer of professional indemnity insurance from Bar Mutual, unless they have obtained a waiver from the Bar…